Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land. By Becca Stanek. Posted 9-29-15

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Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land. By Becca Stanek. Posted 9-29-15

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 | No Comments

Archaeologists discover possible ruins of ancient Sodom in the Holy Land. By Becca Stanek. Posted 9-29-15 Link to original article The long-lost Biblical city of Sodom — a city that the Bible claims was destroyed by God because of its immorality — may finally have been found. Archaeologists have uncovered a slew of monumental structures […]

10-year-old discovers rare coin of King David in Israel. 9-28-15

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, September 29th, 2015 | No Comments

10-year-old discovers rare coin of King David in Israel. 9-28-15 Link to original article More than 170,000 people have volunteered to sift through the dirt of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem over the past decade, but the project’s most important find was made by a 10-year-old boy from Russia. Matvei Tcepliaev was volunteering at the […]

9-28-15. Exodus 21:1-36. God Infuses Justice Into Society-my devotional

By Kevin Jesmer on Monday, September 28th, 2015 | No Comments

9-28-15. Exodus 21:1-36. God Infuses Justice Into Society-my devotional Exodus 21:1-36 Kevin E. Jesmer Key Verse: 21:2 9-28-15 “If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free, without paying anything. In this passage we see God, charting a moral course for […]

How to happily endure 20,000 days with another human being

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, September 25th, 2015 | No Comments

How to happily endure 20,000 days with another human being Link to original post accessed from Facebook 9-24-15 This post originally appeared at WaitButWhy.com. It is part of a two-part series. See the first part here. From afar, a great marriage is a sweeping love story, like a marriage in a book or a […]

Some Aspects of Native Culture That May Have Hebrew, Old Testament, Roots

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, September 24th, 2015 | No Comments

Some Aspects of Native Culture That May Have Hebrew, Old Testament, Roots There have been Christian missionaries ministering to the Native people of North America for over 550 years. Even one of Christopher Columbus’ sailor crew was Jewish. Surely some of the Bible stories and practices have influenced Native cultural practices in this time. This […]

9-22-15. Exodus 20:18-26. Fear God/Worship God-my devotional

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015 | No Comments

9-22-15. Exodus 20:18-26. Fear God/Worship God-my devotional Exodus 20:18-26 Kevin E. Jesmer Key Verse: 20:20 9-22-15 “Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”(NIV) Part 1: Being Afraid Of God Verses Fearing God […]

Exodus 12-18 Daily Devotionals by Kevin E. Jesmer 2015

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, September 20th, 2015 | No Comments

Exodus 12-18 Daily Devotionals by Kevin E. Jesmer 2015 Sunday, November 1 COMMEMORATE THE GRACE OF GOD Exodus 12:1-28 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.” (17) First, […]

9-18-15. Exodus 20:12-17. Love Your Neighbor As Yourself-my devotional

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, September 18th, 2015 | No Comments

9-18-15. Exodus 20:12-17. Love Your Neighbor As Yourself-my devotional Exodus 20:12-17 Kevin E. Jesmer Key Verse: 20:17 9-18-15 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”(NIV) In our study of the […]

Hubert Francis Jesmer is one of the few people in my family tree who joined the army in WWl.

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, September 18th, 2015 | No Comments

Hubert Francis Jesmer is one of the few people in my family tree who joined the army. (WWl) “A letter was received Wednesday by Ms Wm Kaliher from her brother, Hubert Jesmer. Mr. Jesmer was with the USA Army in England and will go to France in a couple of months. He was at one […]

Your Child Is Your Neighbor. Gospel Coalition. September 17, 2015

By Kevin Jesmer on Friday, September 18th, 2015 | No Comments

Your Child Is Your Neighbor. Gospel Coalition. September 17, 2015 Link to original article If you asked me the single-most important insight that has shaped my parenting, it would be this: Children are people. It seems self-evident. Clearly, they have arms, legs, ears, and mouths enough to qualify. But the idea of their personhood goes far beyond just […]

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